Parliament Speaker’s News

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 2 August 2022 chaired a meeting to work on the Legislative Proposal on the Regulation of the Treatment of Domestic and Stray Animals, an animal welfare bill.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 27 July 2022 met with the supervisor and staff of the Kurdistan Region Legislation Database to discuss the progress of their work.

I ask God to shower His mercy on all the people of Iraq, that this blessed occasion brings joy and greater unity among all the different ethnicities and communities of Kurdistan and Iraq

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 24 July 2022 chaired a meeting of Parliament’s Women’s Rights Committee with legal advisers and women's organizations to discuss amendments to the Law on Combating Violence against Families and Women in the Kurdistan Region, Law No. 8 of 2011.

Tragically once again, several citizens were killed and several others were injured as a result of the ongoing conflict between Turkey and the PKK in the border areas, this time due to the Turkish military’s artillery bombing of the resort of Parakh village in Darkar subdistrict, Zakho autonomous administration.

We hope that the coming of this Eid will strengthen the spirit of forgiveness, harmony and coexistence between all nations and religious groups in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

The Kurdistan Parliament on 29 June 2022 for the first time amended the Oil and Gas Law of the Kurdistan Region - Iraq, with 79 votes. Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq announced that the summer legislative recess will begin on 1st July, but committees' daily work and responsibilities will continue as usual. 

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 29th June 2022 at 1pm, the 10th ordinary sitting of the spring session of the fourth year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

The Kurdistan Parliament on 27 June 2022 passed the Law on Tourism with 82 votes. The aim of the law is to strengthen tourism as a source of national income and to benefit from tourism to promote Kurdistan's cultural and civilizational heritage and identity.

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Monday 27th June 2022 at 10am, the ninth ordinary sitting of the spring session of the fourth year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows: